EP 0916605 A3 19991117 - Mail transport system with facing control

Title (en)

Mail transport system with facing control

Title (de)

Briefförderer mit Oberflächenkontrolle

Title (fr)

Transporteur de courrier avec contrÔle de face

Publication

EP 0916605 A3 19991117 (EN)

Application

EP 98309200 A 19981110

Priority

US 97079797 A 19971114

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0916605A2] A document transporting system for conveying documents along a transport path in a first direction from a document infeed station to a document processing station, certain of such documents being advanced along the transport path from the infeed station with an improper facing orientation. A plurality of document re-orienting devices are disposed adjacent the transport path between the infeed station and the document processing station. Each of the document re-orienting devices are adapted to receive an improperly oriented document, to reverse the orientation of the previously improperly oriented document, and to transport the correctly oriented document back onto the document transport path. Control elements operatively associated with each of the plurality of document re-orienting devices deliver improperly oriented documents into a pre-selected empty re-orienting device. Correctly oriented documents are conveyed onto the transport path when a gap is present between documents being transported along the document transport path. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65H 29/62; B65H 15/00; B07C 1/00

IPC 8 full level

B07C 1/06 (2006.01); B65H 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/62 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B07C 1/06 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 29/62 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2301/321 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2301/333 (2013.01 - EP US); B65H 2404/261 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

[DA] US 4119194 A 19781010 - FREEMAN GERALD C, et al
[A] US 3938435 A 19760217 - SUDA KAZUYOSHI, et al
[A] US 5048814 A 19910917 - SVYATSKY EDUARD [US]
[DA] US 4802665 A 19890207 - ALLIO ROLAND [FR], et al
[A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 008, no. 274 (M - 345) 14 December 1984 (1984-12-14)
[A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 010, no. 096 (M - 469) 12 April 1986 (1986-04-12)
[A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 095, no. 010 30 November 1995 (1995-11-30)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0916605 A2 19990519; EP 0916605 A3 19991117; EP 0916605 B1 20040623; DE 69824684 D1 20040729; DE 69824684 T2 20060302; US 6019364 A 20000201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98309200 A 19981110; DE 69824684 T 19981110; US 97079797 A 19971114